April 17, 2011

Bacon Bacon

Foodie party! Radhika and Ashok our gracious hosts always have the best foodie parties! There is always a ton of food and alcohol to go around. I'm talking about good food and good alcohol. The best of the best! Candis and Leana came in town to join us. They are the best girls. All three of them are. We came together last year thanks to Radhika and it feels like we have always known each other. It was just comfortable. Have you met anyone like that? It is so rare to meet people who you feel that way around. When you do find them, hold on tight to them!

So, I was in charge of the appetizers and dessert. It was cold and blustery here in Missouri yesterday and the last thing I wanted to do was go out to the store. What could I do? Here are some ingredients that I had on hand.

Odd combination if I do say so myself. I know that's what your thinking too! Bear with me though. Uh oh, I feel a ramble coming on and I just can't help myself. Did you know that “Bear with me,” the standard expression, is a request for forbearance or patience. “Bare with me” would be an invitation to undress. “Bare” has an adjectival form: “The pioneers stripped the forest bare." Keep this in mind! That would be a very embarrassing grammatical error!

Allrecipes to the rescue! I love that you can type in your ingredients and it pulls up recipes. Here's what I came up with: Bacon Roll Ups II. With a couple of changes I made them mine!

3. Tightly roll each piece of bread with half a piece of bacon. The bacon should be on the outside of the bread. Secure with toothpicks.

4. Arrange roll ups in a single layer on a medium baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until bacon is no longer pink and bread is lightly browned. Serve warm.